Tributes to Victims of The Russian Plane Crush

Tributes to victims of the Russian plane crush in Egypt are pouring. In St. Petersburg’s airport Pulkovo flowers, toys, and notes are laid. In Ukraine people bring flowers to the Russian embassies in Kiev, Odessa, and Kharkov.

224 people perished in the largest air crash on the territory of Egypt, among them 4 Ukrainians and 1 citizen of Belarus. Most of them were Russians returning from a holiday.

The Kogalymavia flight 9268 was carrying 7 crew and 217 passengers, among them 25 children. The youngest of the children on board was only 10 months old. The flight crashed on 31 November 2015.

1 November was announced the day of mourning in Russia. In St. Petersburg, the mourning is extended for 2 more days.

Most people on board lived in St. Petersburg or the region.

Tribute to victims in Pulkovo airport, St. Petersburg, Russia.

The flight, which was servicing the route from Sharm el-Sheikh to the Northern city on the Baltic Sea, was branded Metrojet.

The plane was an 18-year-old Airbus A321.

The international aviation committee concluded that the plane fell into pieces already in the air, MK.ru reported.

Spontaneous tributes of flowers and toys have been erected by the walls of Russian Embassies in Kiev, Odessa, and Kharkov by locals.

“Russia! Love and grieve with you. Ukrainian people,” one of them stated.

Tributes to the victims of the crash were left in other countries of the former Soviet Union by the Russian embassies.

On Monday 2 November, the Russian Embassy in Washington, DC, will open a remembrance book for people to leave a tribute, MK.ru reported.

I’m being cynical here but that was no big deal. Millions of people die in car accidents all over the world, wars are in progress, people commit suicides, stab each other with knives and wither of diseases.
One more accident – with overall high safety of air transportation – is not enough to launch this annoying grieving campain which looks quite unnatural, IMHO

VJ,
Every person who died before their time is a big deal. Especially the kids, who did not even have the chance to make their own life choices. Being cynical may seem like a way to cope, but the truth is, without emotions we stop being human.